Auchindoun
Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Site Name Auchindoun
Classification Flanged Axehead (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Auchindown; Auchendown; Auchendoune
Canmore ID 16814
Site Number NJ33NW 23
NGR NJ 34 37
NGR Description NJ c. 34 37
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16814
- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ33NW 23 c. 34 37
A decorated, flanged bronze axe (Coles' type Bc) 'from Auchindown, Dufftown' (Auchindoun Castle: NJ 348 374), formerly in the collection of J G Callander, was acquired by the Marischal College Museum, University of Aberdeen in 1940 (247/23).
J M Coles 1971; I C Walker 1974.
(Flanged axe of Lissett type). Single find. Flanged axe, smooth, black, thick butt (3mm), hammered up bar stop (height 4mm), cutting edge notched, scratch marks on flanges; length 139mm, butt 20mm, cutting edge 50mm, weight 400gms. Anthropol. Mus. Aberdeen (247.28).
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
